Archive for December, 2019

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #8 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
29 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 8)*

opening act: Jon Spencer & the Hit Makers
mentalist: Zebrecky
mix CD: Georgia
benefiting: Equal Justice USA

whole set minus opener with Bill Frisell on guitar

Seven Day Weekend (Doc Pomus) (sung as “Eight Day Weekend”)
Return To Hot Chicken
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Super Kiwi
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Ashes
Detouring America With Horns
The Summer
Awhileaway
The Days of Wine and Roses (Dream Syndicate) (with Rob Zebrecky on vocals)
Little Eyes
We’re An American Band
Drug Test
I Heard You Looking (with Joe Puleo on organ)
I Feel Like Going Home

*(encore)*
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon) (drone) (with Laurie Anderson on violin)
Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground) (with LA)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard & Lee Pockriss) (with Marilyn Kaplan on vocals)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #7 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
28 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 7)*

opening act: Snail Mail
comedian: Matt Walsh
mix CD: YoshimiO
benefiting: RIP Medical Debt

Dream Dream Away
Cherry Chapstick
Avalon or Someone Very Similar
Beanbag Chair
The Race is On Again (with Dave Schramm on guitar)
Pablo and Andrea (with DS)
Season of the Shark (with DS)
From Black to Blue (with DS)
I’ll Be Around
For You Too
False Alarm
Autumn Sweater
The Story of Jazz
From A Motel 6
Blue Line Swinger

*(encore)*
with Robyn Hitchcock on guitar/vocals
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Bob Dylan)
Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed)
Drug Train (The Cramps)
I Wanna Destroy You (Robyn Hitchcock)
Love (Robyn Hitchcock)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #6 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
27 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*

opening act: Sylvan Esso
poetry/music: Luc Sante & William Parker
comedian: Brittany Carney
mix CD: James
benefiting: National Abortion Federation

entire set with Brian Chase on drums

Out of the Pool
And the Glitter is Gone
The Last Days of Disco
Don’t Have To Be So Sad (with William Parker on bass)
Outsmartener (with WP on horn)
Song For Mahila
Above the Sound (with Nick Sanborn on electronics)
The Crying of Lot G (with NS)
Satellite (with NS)
Center of Gravity
Mr. Tough
Styles of the Times
Shaker
Decora
The Story of Yo La Tango

*(encore)*
Shock Me (Lenny Kaye)
She’s My Best Friend (Velvet Underground)
Secret Agent Man (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with Allen Hill on vocals)
Hanky Panky (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich) (with Amelia Meath on vocals & Brian Chase on drums)
Fourth Time Around (Bob Dylan)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #5 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
26 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*

mentalist: The Amazing Kreskin
organist: Josh Kantor
opening act: Sir Richard Bishop
mix CD: Mary Halvorson
benefiting: Alliance For Justice

You Are Here
The Ballad of Red Buckets (with Sir Richard Bishop on guitar & Josh Kantor on organ)
Damage (with SRB & JK)
Upside Down (with JK)
Did I Tell You (with JK)
You Baby (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with JK & Sam Elwitt on guitar)
Eight Candles (Sam Elwitt) (with JK, SE, & Kevin Micka on drums)
When It’s Dark (with JK)
If It’s True (with JK)
I Should Have Known Better (with JK)
Paddle Forward (with JK)
Government Center (Modern Lovers) (with JK)
Ohm
Our Way To Fall

*(encore)*
Beautiful World (Devo)
That’s Cool, That’s Trash (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri) (with JK, SE, & Todd Abramson on vocals)
Tom Courtenay (acoustic version)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #4 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
25 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*

comedian: Todd Barry
opening act: Christmas
mix CD: Laurie Anderson
benefiting: Community Musicworks & Eva’s Village

Santa Claus Goes Modern (Sven Swanson) (plus Ira as Santa)
Big Day Coming (slow)
Can’t Forget
Let’s Do It Wrong
Point and Shoot
Laisse Tomber Les Filles/Chick Habit (France Gall/April March) (with Christmas’s Liz Cox on vocals & Michael Cudahy on guitar)
Moby Octopad (with C.J. Camerieri on trumpet & French horn)
Shadows (with CC)
Black Flowers (with CC)
Before We Run (with CC)
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Nothing To Hide
Double Dare
Heroin (Velvet Underground, Roky Erickson arrangement) (with Lee Ranaldo on guitar & vocals)

*(encore)*
Junk (Christmas)
This Ain’t the Summer of Love (Blue Oyster Cult) (with Todd Barry on drums)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground) (with LR & TB)
Temptation Inside Your Heart reprise (Velvet Underground) (with LR & TB)
Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan) (with LR)
Mary-Christ (Sonic Youth) (with LR)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #3 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
24 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*

comedian: David Cross
opening act: Sun Ra Arkestra
mix CD: Ira
benefiting: National Immigration Law Center

Sun Ra Arkestra horns enter during “Speeding Motorcycle” & stay for rest of set.

Here To Fall
Stupid Things
Forever
Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
Walking Away From You
The Weakest Part
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
Speeding Motorcycle (Daniel Johnston)
Dreaming (Sun Ra)
Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert By Mistake (Jad Fair)
Emulsified (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers)
Big Day Coming (fast)
Little Honda (The Hondells)
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)

*(encore)*
This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis)
Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke)
I’ll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #2 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
23 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

comedian: Fred Armisen
opening act: Lucinda Williams
mix CD: Lariane Newman
benefiting: Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

whole set with Janet Weiss on drums/percussion

Rock and Roll Santa (Jan Terri)
Green Arrow
Sudden Organ
I Was the Fool Beside You Too Long
She May, She Might
Madeline
I’m On My Way
Wallflower (Bob Dylan) (with Lucinda Williams on vocals)
Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground) (with LW)
Get It On (T-Rex) (with LW, and Fred Armisen on drums)
Deeper Into Movies (with FA on keyboard)
Artificial Heart (with FA on drums)
Sugarcube (with FA on drums)
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss (with FA on drums)

*(encore)*
with Lenny Kaye (guitar/vocals), Bruce Bennett (guitar), Miriam Linna (percussion)
Yesterday’s Numbers (Flamin’ Groovies)
Have You Seen My Baby (Randy Newman)
Teenage Head (Flamin’ Groovies)
Slow Death (Flamin’ Groovies)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2019, night #1 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
22 December 2019
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

comedian: Jon Glaser as the Man in the Green Mask
opening act: Steve Gunn and William Tyler
mix CD: Duane Harriott
benefiting: GLAD

whole set minus opener with William Tyler on guitar
whole set and encore with Fred Armisen on drums

From Me To You (The Beatles, sung as “From Me to Jews”)
Everyday
Here You Are
Stockholm Syndrome
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
The Point Of It
Swing For Life
Tears Are In Your Eyes (guitar instrumental version)
Shades of Blue
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) (with Steve Gunn on guitar)
Wharf Rat (Grateful Dead) (with SG on keyboard)
Today Is The Day (fast) (with SG on guitar)
Tom Courtenay (with SG on guitar)
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind (with SG on guitar)

*(encore)*
Live Fast Die Young (Circle Jerks) (with Greg Hetson on guitar)
S&M Party (Red Cross) (with GH)
Chinese Rocks (Dee Dee Ramone/Richard Hell) (with GH)
Carbona Not Glue (The Ramones) (with GH)
White Christmas (Irving Berlin) (with “Jon” on vocals)